Dr Omar Hallak, head of the cardiovascular department at King’s College Hospital Dubai (KCHD) and president of the Gulf chapter of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists, discusses issues pertaining to cardiovascular disease (CVD) within the UAE, 4TS – a conference founded by Hallak to encourage the sharing of knowledge among cardiovascular physicians – and his vision of how to decrease CVD in the UAE.
Compared to most other countries in the world, the UAE has a greater prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors
